Improvement in envelopes



Pmmrr` FFIon MARTIN TAYLOR, OF BUFFALO, NEW'YORKL IMPROVEMENT :my-EN'vELPEs Specification forming part Aof. Letters Patent No. 117,015,date-dnlyll, 1,87r

Toall whom t'inay concern: v

Be it knownthat I, MARTINTAYLOR, of the cityof Bnifalo,'in the county ofErie and State vof New York, have invented an Improved Safety- Envelope,of which the following is a specification: Y

The ordinary envelope, which is provided with' fonr flaps, one on eachside Overlappin g each oth er, three being pasted down in forming thepocket,

while the remaining flap is secured by seals after the money orotherarticleis placed therein, has

been found inadequate as a safety-envelope to pre ventthe abstraction ofmoney therefrom, which 1s accomplished by adroitly inserting a W ire orother instrument under one of the lia-ps and hooking` or-enga-ging itwith, and withdrawing` therefrom,

the money placed within the same. The obj ect of thereby preventing.,rthe possibility of abstracting.

money therefrom Without breaking the seals orl tearing' the envelope.

In thev accompanying drawing, Figure I is a plan of a blank for anenvelope, eut out or stamped ready for folding; Fig. II is asimilar viewwith three of the flaps folded and secured together for forming thepocket. Fig. III is a plan of the envelope, represented when entirely`folded up and secured by tivo seals.

Like letters designate like parts in each of the figures.

A, Fig. I, is the side; a, die sideiiap; 'and' a1 al, the end flaps,which, when gummed and secured together, form the pocket ofthe envelope,Fig. Il. A is the'side or fold designed to overllap the flaps ofthepocket,an d a2 anda3 a3 the side and end iaps of the former', whichoverlap the back of the envelope when it is sealed up.-

lfhe aps a2 a a3 of the envelopes, when manufactured, are 4designed tobe gummedat their edges and folded, but not pasted down until ai? terthe contents of the envelope are inserted in the pocket. ,The looseendtla-ps a? a? may be of narrow width, in'which case two or more sealsare required to properly secure the envelope, as

represented at b b,-Fig..III; or they may be made of greater Width, soas to meet, or nearlyA meet,

atthe center of the envelope, so that a single seal at the center andjunction will suice for' In using my improved Ienvelope the' money,pa!-` per, or other valuable is placed in the pocket when theportion Ais folded over the laps a 0L al'of the pocket, while the laps a2 a?a'whioh overlap theedges are folded and pasted down on the oppositeside, when one or two seals, ac-

cording to the width of the flaps a, suiiice to properly securethe same.

I claim as my invention- The fold and laps A a2 ai a3, arranged with thepocket A a a1 a of an envelope, as hereinbefore set forth.

MARTIN Y TAYLOR..

- Witnesses:

JN0. J; BONNFIQ GEO. J. MFTZGER.

